Author Archives: Trish Nelson

Help Stop MAGA Vote Suppression In 2026

Posted on March 7, 2025 by Trish Nelson

If you changed your name when you got married you are being targeted in the so-called Save Act.

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The Real SOTU With Timothy Snyder

Posted on March 6, 2025 by Trish Nelson

Listening to this discussion is one of the best things you can do to prepare yourself for the fight we’re in to save our democracy. Hosted by Red Wine and Blue. Check here for a lesson every Monday or you … Continue reading →

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60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday

Posted on March 5, 2025 by Trish Nelson

60th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday  contributed by Molly Regan Saturday, March 8, 2025 1:00PM – 2:30PM MLK Interpretive Center 501 N. Brady St., Davenport, Iowa Join us, on an educational journey, as we discuss the events leading up to, and … Continue reading →

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Seen Enough Of DT? Learn About Authoritarianism Instead

Posted on March 4, 2025 by Trish Nelson

 Tuesday, March 4 at 7:30 pm ET, 6:30 CST, join Red Wine and Blue and the author of the bestselling book “On Tyranny,” Timothy Snyder, to discuss the urgent threat of authoritarianism and what we can do to resist it. … Continue reading →

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Sex, Libraries, and Rock and Roll

Posted on March 4, 2025 by Trish Nelson

From the March 2025 edition of The Prairie Progressive, Iowa’s oldest progressive newsletter. The PP is  funded entirely by reader subscription, available in hard copy for $15/yr.  Send check to PP, Box 1945, Iowa City 52244. Click here for archived … Continue reading →

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On Tyranny Lesson 15: Contribute To Good Causes

Posted on March 3, 2025 by Trish Nelson

From the On Tyranny series by Timothy Snyder, Lesson #15 of twenty. Check here for a lesson every Monday or you can find them on YouTube.  They are all short videos, no ads. “Be active in organizations political or not … Continue reading →

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Iowa’s Miller-Meeks Will Be Key Author Of Cuts To Medicaid

Posted on February 28, 2025 by Trish Nelson

From our inbox from DCCC: After Voting To Gut Medicaid, Mariannette Miller-Meeks Looks Ahead To Authoring Cruel Cuts On Key Committee As a Member of the Energy & Commerce Committee, Mariannette Miller-Meeks will be tasked with authoring devastating and cruel … Continue reading →

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Hit ‘Em In Their Pocket Book

Posted on February 27, 2025 by Trish Nelson
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Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, All Three?

Posted on February 26, 2025 by Trish Nelson

What are the Republicans going to take from the American people to pay for the billionaire tax breaks?   Mostly what I’ve been seeing in the info ecosystem is the emphasis on Medicaid cuts. But Medicare and Social Security are also … Continue reading →

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On The Ground With Liberty And Justice In Davenport

Posted on February 25, 2025 by Trish Nelson

Here is a live report from Molly Regan on the Not My President’s Day protest: We received great media coverage from two local tv stations at our ‘Resist Fascism” rally on Monday February 17th at 4PM. On Wednesday February 19 … Continue reading →

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